1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season
The 1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1925, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded in March 1926.

Georgia Tech's team
1925–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
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Helms National Champions | Syracuse (retroactive selection in 1943) |
Player of the Year (Helms) | Jack Cobb, North Carolina (retroactive selection in 1944) |
Season headlines
- In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Syracuse as its national champion for the 1925–26 season.[1]
- In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Syracuse as its national champion for the 1925–26 season.[2]
Conference membership changes
School | Former conference | New conference |
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Oklahoma A&M Aggies | Southwest Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
USC Trojans | Independent | Pacific Coast Conference |
Union Dutchmen | Independent | Non-major basketball program |
VMI Keydets | Independent | Southern Conference |
Regular season
Conference winners and tournaments
Conference | Regular season winner[3] |
Conference player of the year |
Conference tournament |
Tournament venue (City) |
Tournament winner |
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Big Ten Conference | Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, & Purdue | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Columbia | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Kansas | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Pacific Coast Conference | Oregon (North); California (South) | No Tournament; California defeated Oregon in best-of-three conference championship playoff series | |||
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Colorado Agricultural & Colorado State Normal (Eastern); Utah & Utah Agricultural (Western) | No Tournament | |||
Southern Conference | Kentucky | None selected | 1926 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament | Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Georgia) | North Carolina[4] |
Southwest Conference | Arkansas | None selected | No Tournament |
Statistical leaders
Awards
Helms College Basketball All-Americans
The practice of selecting a Consensus All-American Team did not begin until the 1928–29 season. The Helms Athletic Foundation later retroactively selected a list of All-Americans for the 1925–26 season.[5]
Player | Team |
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Jack Cobb | North Carolina |
George Dixon | California |
Richard Doyle | Michigan |
Emanuel Goldblatt | Pennsylvania |
Gale Gordon | Kansas |
Vic Hanson | Syracuse |
Carl Loeb | Princeton |
Al Peterson | Kansas |
George Spradling | Purdue |
Algot Westergren | Oregon |
Major player of the year awards
- Helms Player of the Year: Jack Cobb, North Carolina (retroactive selection in 1944)
References
- Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
- 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
- The Association for Professional Basketball Research "NCAA All-American Teams, 1919–20 to 1998–99"
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